Lot 232
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[Quakerism] Whitehead, George
An Antidote against the Venome of the Snake in the Grass:
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
or, the Book so stiled. And the Christian People called Quakers vindicated from its most gross Abuses and Calumnies ... Unto which is annex'd. A Brief Examination of the Author's Second Book, stil'd, Satan Dis-rob'd. Also, some Notice taken of his Discourse for the Divine Institution of Water-Baptism. London: for Tho. Northcott, 1697. First edition, 12mo (15 x 9.1cm), 19th-century half calf, lacking front endpapers, front inner hinge held by one cord only (of two), rear endpapers detaching, small stain and contemporary marginal ink annotation to title-page, a few old stains and marks elsewhere [ESTC R27066; Sabin 103655; Smith, Friends' Books II 902]
Footnote
A scarce work by a figure considered 'crucial to the development, establishment, and recognition of the Quaker movement' (ODNB).